I understand that oftentimes it's just people trying to do their job. The live ones usually hang up when they hear on my voicemail that my cell # is on the U.S. "National Do Not Call Registry" (aka the "Do Not Call" list). However, for the most part, that list is a colossal joke.
Anyway, though I've a way to thwart the live calls, the "robo calls" are another story. A lot of them use "spoofed" numbers that I can't look up on the net.
Once I was able to do that. I got one that had a gentleman with a foreign accent. I called back and told him (bluffing) that if they called me back again, since I now had their number and location, I would sue them for $100 million.
Then, I called back and politely spoke to a manager (or at least she said she was), and explained to her that my number is on the do not call registry. She apologized, and when I asked her where they could have gotten my number, since I didn't sign up for what they were selling, she said it's most likely that someone just put in a "fake" number that just happened to be mine.
Anyway, I'm more interested in stopping the "robo calls". Anyone have any advice on that? I have a lower-end cell phone with not a lot of features.
Anyway, though I've a way to thwart the live calls, the "robo calls" are another story. A lot of them use "spoofed" numbers that I can't look up on the net.
Once I was able to do that. I got one that had a gentleman with a foreign accent. I called back and told him (bluffing) that if they called me back again, since I now had their number and location, I would sue them for $100 million.
Then, I called back and politely spoke to a manager (or at least she said she was), and explained to her that my number is on the do not call registry. She apologized, and when I asked her where they could have gotten my number, since I didn't sign up for what they were selling, she said it's most likely that someone just put in a "fake" number that just happened to be mine.
Anyway, I'm more interested in stopping the "robo calls". Anyone have any advice on that? I have a lower-end cell phone with not a lot of features.
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